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Peace week, Remembrance Day make an impact

Published: Thursday, November 16, 2006

Updated: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 17:08

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Joshua Freedman

The Stranzas, Vic's male A Capella group prepare to perform at a service outside Old Vic

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Joshua Freedman

A soldier salutes at Soldier's Tower

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Natalie Draz

Presentation image from A Walk through the History of Death: The Holocaust experience 2006 - presentation by Marlena Rogowska and Kayley Collum of Victoria University on their experiences in visiting Holocaust sites in Poland

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Joshua Freedman

UofT Remembrance Day service at Soldier's Tower, Friday November 10

UofT's fifth Peace Week ended on Remembrance Day, with a War Child Benefit Concert, in addition to UofT's usual Remembrance Day ceremonies, this year held on Friday Nov. 10. In 2001, Guru Fatha Singh, a Sikh minister of the UofT Campus Chaplains Association, organized the first Peace Week at the University of Toronto, with support from many student groups and organizations. When it became apparent that the universal urge for peace would not stop the disaster of war, a growing team of campus activists resolved to make Peace Week a yearly event joined to Remembrance Day.

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